Comments on: Observations From Cooperstown: Boone, Cabrera, and Blanchard

By: 3rd gen yankee fan

3rd gen yankee fan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:22:44 +0000

Best wishes to Aaron Boone for a speedy recovery. You’ll always be one of my favorite Yankees, because of that one moment. :::hugs:::

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:27:51 +0000

Anybody out there? It looks like CC pitched well tonight. Is anyone watching the game? Was Jeter’s double, his second in as many ST games, legitimate, or a bloop?

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:54:44 +0000

Boone was pretty terrible for those 2+ months, and yeah the fact that he didn’t even make it into Game 7 until the 10th should tell you something. The home run was obviously an all-time moment, but not being able to get it out of the infield late in Game 4 vs Florida was pretty inexcusable.

anyways, get well soon Aaron. You demanded a trade after your dad got canned, if nothing else I respect that.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:44:29 +0000

I feel the same way, Matt. I loathed Boone at the time, even during the World Series post-homer. I thought it was a decent acquisition when it was made (indeed, the fear of Brandon Claussen turning into something valuable proved to be unfounded), but he was just awful as a Yankee, and I think Robin Ventura could have hit that home run as well.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:32:02 +0000

Alot of people ask me why I don’t look on the Aaron Boone era fondly. The thing with Boone is, other than one swing, he was pretty damned abysmal as a Yankee. Enrique Wilson was playing major playoff games in his stead. And I think Aaron Boone is as responsible as any single other player for losing that World Series that year.

That being said, he never came off as anything but a great guy, and I hope he can recover and continue his career.